Sad-iron



(No Model.)

E. MGCADDEN. SAD IRON.

No. 553,813. 'Patented Jan. 28, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMMA MCCADDEN, OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA.

SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 553,813, dated January28, 1896. Application filed March l1, 1895. Serial No. 541,320. (Nomodel.)

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Be it known that I, EMMA MCCADDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Blair, in the county of lVashington and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Sad- Iron, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in sad-irons having a specialnarrow smoothingface for pressing down seams, and the objects of myimprovement are, first, to provide a sadiron body of this character thatis interchangeable with what are known as Mrs Iotts irons,7 (shown inpatent to M. F. Potts, No. 113,448, dated April et, 1871, for asadiron,) using the same detachable handle; second, to combine in asad-iron of this character a broad smoothing-surface for general work,and a narrow surface for pressing seams that may be changed from onesurface to the other without changing the center of gravity, allowingthe iron in either Icase to stand upright and, third, to provide simpleand efficient means for shifting quickly back and forth from a broad toa narro wsmoothing-surface while at work and without det-aching thehandle. I attain these objects through the medium of mechanismillustrated by the accompanyin g drawings, in which- Figure 1 is acentral vertical longitudinal section of the body with a side view of aMrs. Potts handle attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a central verticalcross-section with the handle removed. Fig. 3 is a top View of thethumbshaft 6 in position as shown in Fig. 2. Fig.

4C is a top view of the main body 2 divested of all other parts. Fig. 5is aview of the under side of the cap-plate 4, and Fig. G is a View ofthe under side or smoothing-surface of the complete sad-iron.

The body of the sad-iron consists of the narrowseam-pressing part 3,closely but movablj7 iitted in a central longitudinal groove in thesmoothing-face of the main body part 2. Part 3 has a central bifurcateprojection consisting of the prongs 7 and 7 which project upward througha mortise opening into and agreeing with a niortise 11, of greaterlength extending down from the top in part 2 less than the depth of themetal above part 3, thereby forming the lledges or stops 8 and S', ontop of which impinges the ends of a slightlyresilient metal plate 5,loosel)T fitted in the mortise 11, and attached to the ends of theprongs by the screws 5 5', to limit the downward movement of part 3. Athumb-shaft 6 is journaled centrally across the mortise in the notches12 and 12', opening upward in part 2. The cap-plate 4 has thedownwardly-projecting lugs 9 and 9, to enter the notches and hold downthe shaft G, and is attached to the part 2 by the screws 13, in theusual manner. The part 6 of the shaft crossing the mortise is eccentric,and is disposed through between the prongs 7 and 7 and beneath the plate5. The outer end of the shaft is flattened, as shown at 6, to facilitateturning with the thumb and finger, and the body has the concavity 14, toreceive this part as much out of the Way as possible. Vhen the shaft isturned to the position shown in Fig. 2 the eccentric part 6 strikesagainst the prong 7, the inner face of which is in line with one side ofthe journals of the shaft, so as to stop the eccentric directly above orbelow,

limiting it to a one-half revolution, and bears l in the bottom of thefork between the prongs while the resilientrplate 5 rests at its ends onthe stops, its resiliency preventing the. parts from rattling and theshaft, by friction, from turning. The part 3 is projected below thebalance of the smoothing-surface for pressing seams. the part 3 into thegroove, so that the smoothing-surfaces are flush, the eccentric bears upagainst the center of the resilient plate, and the parts are retained asbefore. Parts 2 and 4 are chambered at 11' and 11", and the prong 7placed far enough away to allow the eccentric to turn. Part 3 may bereversed end for end in assembling the parts without changing theresult. The cap-plate et, aside from the downwardly-projecting lugs 9and 9, is the same as the old Pott-s sad-iron, having a central ellipticopening spanned by an integral bar lO, to be engaged by the hook 15 andlatch 16 of the old handle, as shownin Fig. 1, which also shows theresilient plate 5 is, at its highest position, far enough below thecap-plate to admit the fastening-hook and latch of the handle.

Ilaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sad-iron divided through its smooth- A reverse turning of the shaftdraws ICO tically adjustable part connected to an eccentric on a shaftjournaled in the main body,

and a fixed cap-plate having a central opening spanned by a bar toengage a detachable handle substantially as described.

Signed at Blair, in the county of Washington and State of Nebraska, this6th day of March, 1895.

EMMA MCCADDEN. Vitnesses:

J. F. BADGEROW, LoN. VAUGHAN.

